Job Overview

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

POSITION PURPOSE:
Assist the Teacher in the care of children ranging in age from 0-12 years. Programs are designed around the developmental needs of children.

SCOPE OF SERVICE:
Customers include: children, parents, co-workers, volunteers, and visitors.

Assist the Teacher in the care of children ranging in age from 0-12 years. Programs are designed around the developmental needs of children.

High School Diploma or equivalent required. Must earn 6 hours of continuing education in Early Childhood Education per year. Must meet all mandatory education and training requirements within specified timeframes as required by organizational/regulatory standards.

1. Adheres to the principles of caring and expected behaviors outlined in MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center's Model of Caring and Trinity Health's Code of Conduct, fostering a climate where all customers are treated in a manner consistent with MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center's Mission and Values.
2. Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior.
3. Performs other duties consistent with purpose of job as directed.
4. Actively knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the organization’s mission and core values, including the Guiding Behaviors and Caring Model Principles, and conducts oneself at all times in a manner consistent with these values.
5. Demonstrates specific customer-focused behaviors relating to attitude, privacy/confidentiality, communication skills and professional behavior.
6. Assists and carries out planned activities as necessary.
7. Recognizes and attempts to meet the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs of the children. Treats all children with respect.
8. Exhibits a warm, loving, and respectful caring attitude toward all children disciplining in accordance with the Center's guide.
9. Supervises children and provides for their physical safety at all times. In doing so, identifies and corrects potential risk situations and hazards and completes incident reports.
10. Creates an environment which is interesting and challenging to the children.
11. Demonstrates willingness to discuss and work out problems with peers and parents as they arise.
12. Demonstrates knowledge of positive reinforcement and redirection as behavior modification techniques.
13. Seeks the majority of continuing education requirements in areas that will be most beneficial to the department and the individual.
14. Strives for individual performance excellence within the job in order to help the department achieve its goals.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
1. Maintains a professional, collaborative work environment so as to foster a positive public image for MercyOne Medical Center.
2. Knows and adheres to all laws and regulations pertaining to patient health, safety and medical information (i.e. HIPAA, Stark, etc.)
3. Must have well developed communication skills; strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
4. Must like and be patient with children.
5. Must have fundamental knowledge of the growth and development of the child with particular emphasis on preschool and school age children.
6. Must be flexible.
7. Must be able to accompany the children on outside field trips.
8. Must demonstrate good hygiene techniques in accordance with Center guidelines.
9. Assigned hours within your shift, starting time, or days of work are subject to change based on the changing needs of the department and/or the organization.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
1. In an 8 hour day, employee must sit 4 hours, stand 2 hours, and walk 2 hours.
2. Job requires continuous (80% or more of work time) bending, stooping, crouching, and kneeling; frequent crawling and reaching; occasional balancing, pushing, and pulling.
3. Job requires occasional lifting and carrying of objects (6-10% of work time) weighing 75 lbs.; frequently (21%-50% of work time) weighing 35 lbs., and continuously (80% or more of work time) weighing 25 lbs.
4. Job requires the use of hands for repetitive action such as simple grasping, firm grasping, and fine manipulating.
5. Some outside field trips are required.
6. Must be able to tolerate noise.
7. Requires visual acuity, the ability to speak and the ability to hear speech.
8. Must adhere to applicable organizational requirements on an annual basis for Employee Health Directives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & CORE COMPETENCIES
(EDUCATION, LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED):
1. Education, Licensure and Certification
A. High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
B. Must earn State Mandatory hours of continuing education in Early Childhood Education per year.
C. Must meet all mandatory education and training requirements within specified timeframes as required by organizational/regulatory standards.
D. Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training is required within 6 months of hire and every 3 years thereafter.

2. Experience:
One to two years previous work experience with children and/or schooling in Early Childhood Education is highly desirable.

3. Special Skills, Competencies, and Aptitudes:
Computer Proficiency: Demonstrated experience and competency with Microsoft Office Suite, e-mail and a variety of web-based programs and browsers, with the willingness and ability to update and increase skills as needed to meet the goals of the departments. Ability to use other software as required to perform the essential functions of the job.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.